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Until the webmaster or someone else knowledgeable can supply what's needed to let me get the forums (q.v.) working, the wiki can use pages in the "project talk" namespace for discussion of desirable improvements that relate to more than one page. Here's a discussion starter that was added to my talk page but would be better answered by people who have been NZGS members for a few years. I'll offer a tentative response to each below it, then look for others' responses and for additional suggestions. Robin Patterson 05:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
Hi Robin
Please tell me which of these you think are worth putting some effort into:
- I have a bunch of old newsletters - could scan to PDF format and put on site as "historical documents" if thought worthwhile.
- I have some interesting problems on cards and books from Japan (but may be copyright I suppose) - do we want some problems on the site?
- I started a book and kept some records from 1987 to 1989 of tournament results in NZ. Are these useful? (Ak, Wn, NZ etc)
- I have some old game records (just hand written on go board sheet) from 1980s - are any of these worth posting? (e.g. Kyle beating me up in Go Kichi challenge).
Regards Ray
Old newsletters
PDF would be OK if easiest; OCR would allow searchable and copiable text and links so that other pages (including some rather empty "year" pages) could be more easily enhanced. Robin Patterson 05:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
- I have done one to PDF format but not including OCR and it looks OK, although the older ones might be a bit rougher (you should see some of the stuff we got sent done on typewriters!). I don't want to do OCRing as it is too time consuming and so much of the newsletter is tables and pictures and diagrams anyway. However the site will not allow a PDF file to be loaded - is that what the sysop thing is partly about? RayTomes 18:50, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
Ah! PDF works on some MediaWiki sites, but maybe this one hasn't advanced far enough. Fixing it would need the webmaster's attention (like a number of other enhancements that have been mentioned on other pages). So we can settle for JPG. Robin Patterson 20:03, 7 August 2008 (PDT)
Problems
We already have the problem of the squares, thanks to Kami Kaze. The sky's the limit - unless this website costs noticeably more to run if it has more content. Robin Patterson 05:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
Tournament results
We have several - but that area is glaringly incomplete except for the list of winners, so (subject to the costs problem) why not? Once again, text is best if the scanner can produce it. Robin Patterson 05:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
Game records
Even better than problems, I guess. Do they come in a more compact form than the sgf pages? Robin Patterson 05:29, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
